In scraping-tools



J. BLUM. Scraping-T001.

No. 196,623 Patented Oct. 30, 1877.

N.PETERS, PHOTO-UTHDGRAPMEE WASHINGTON D c To all-whom it may concern:

Matt ew- K; 1

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,623, dated October30, 1877; application filed April 25, 1877.

Be it known that I, JACOB BLUM, of Stapleton, in the county ofRichmondand' State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedScraping-Tool for Ornamenting Furniture and other Articles, whichinvention is fully set forth in the following specification,

A reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1represents a side view of my improved tool. Fig.2.isa top viewthereof.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has. reference to a scraping tool which is adapted to beused in ornamenting various articles of furniture, and alsopicture-frames, moldings, and other articles of wood, or of any otherlike soft materiah:

My invention consists in a handle constructed with two horizontal slots,one of which passes vertically through and the other horizontallythrough said handle, the latter having a gage-screw, in combination witha clamp passing through the horizontallyarranged slot, for confining aknife in the vertical slot, as more fully hereinafter set forth indetail, whereby, if the gage-screw is held against 'the edgeof anarticle and is moved along such edge, an ornamental groove is formed inthe surfaceof the article, parallel to its said edge, by the action ofthe knife or scraper; 4

In the drawings, theletter A designates the stock of my tool, forming,also, ahandle, by which it is held when used. This stock or handle A ispreferably made of wood which ,is slightly ela'stic,,and it is providedwith a slot, 1), extending lengthwise thereof,-for the reception of ascraperor knife, 0, Of suitable form, said slot '1), moreover, extendingthrough the stock or handle .A in a vertical direction. The letter 'Bdesignates a gageicombined with the stock or handle A, and having theform of. a screw-rod, which is passed through said stock or handle, thesame beingprovided with a thumb-ear, a, at one end, and being alsopassed through a plate, D, which is secured to one of the surfaces ofthe stock or handle A.

The object of this plateD is to facilitate the setting of the gage Bwith respect to the ends of the stock or handle A.

E is a clamp by which the scraper or knife G is confined in the slot 1).This clamp E is composed of two jam-nuts, c 0, situated, respectively,on opposite sides of the stock or handle A, and of a screw bolt, d,passing through the nuts 0 0, and through said stock or handle, thelatter being provided with a longitudinal slot, F, which intersects theslot 1), for the passage of said screw-bolt.

This slot F permits of moving the parts of the clamps E back and forth,and hence it can always be set adjacent to the scraper or knife 0; butit may be remarked that the clamp E can be placed at some distance fromthe scraper G without losing its effect.

WVhen the scraper or knife 0 has been adjusted in the desired positionrelatively to the gage B, the clamp E is tightened, and by this meansthe parts of the stock or handle A situated on each side of the slot 11are compressed, and the scraper or knife 0 is firmly held in place.

By arranging thescraper or knife in the slot 1), it is renderedadjustable not only with l respect to the gage B, but also as to thelength to which it is allowed to protrude from the slot 1), and therebyI am enabled to vary the depth of the groove cut by my tool.

The method of using my tool is similar to a marking-gage that is to say,the gage B is placed against the edge of a piece of furniture (as, forinstance, a chair-back or any other article) in such a way as to bringthe lower end or edge of the scraper or knife 0 in contact with thesurface of the article, and then the whole is moved forward or backward,as the case may be, whereby an ornamental groove or rut is formed insaid surface of the article parallel to its said edge, and

at such a distance t'rom the latter as the distance between the scraperor knife 0 and: the

"gageB;

The grooves produced by my tool greatly enhance the appearance of anarticle, and their efi'ect can be increased by filling them with metalleaf or bronze.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The handle A, constructed with the longL tudinal slots 1) and F,extending vertically and 11, substantially as and for the purpose de-'scribed. i .b

'J; BLUM. [L. s.] Witnesses: -W.HAUFF,"" 5;?

E. F. KASTENHUBER.

